Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2238, Liu Jin Liu Gong

In the morning court of the next day, Liu Jin formally asked Emperor Zhengde to resign in the morning court, which surprised all civil and military officials again.

Although Liu Jin had already mentioned the matter of resignation last year, Emperor Zhengde refused very simply. Everyone originally thought that Liu Jin was young and healthy, and at least it would take a few years before he could resign. Will resign again.

Unexpectedly, it was almost the end of the year, and it was going to be 1753 in the Yanhuang calendar (the fifth year of Zhengde), and Liu Jin proposed to resign and return to his hometown again.

It seems that Liu Jin really doesn't want to be this official anymore, or Liu Jin knows that he should retreat bravely, so he is a little anxious to leave the center of the vortex of power.

The ministers were surprised and kept thinking in their hearts.

However, in everyone's opinion, even if Liu Jin resigned, Emperor Zhengde would not agree to Liu Jin's resignation.

What's more, Liu Jin has always been the most important and trusted minister of Emperor Hongzhi and Emperor Zhengde. It is definitely not easy for Liu Jin to resign.

Unless Liu Jin's health is really bad or he is old, it is really not easy for Liu Jin to leave the court.

However, what surprised the officials again was that Emperor Zhengde agreed to Liu Jin's resignation on the spot, and rewarded Liu Jin generously.

The enfeoffment area of ​​Duke Liu Jinliao was increased by ten times in one breath, which is definitely an incomparable favor. In addition, a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin were also rewarded as a show of favor.

When the officials heard that Emperor Zhengde agreed to Liu Jin's resignation, they were all very surprised, and even dared not imagine their own eyes and ears.

"The emperor actually agreed to Liu Jin's resignation. Why?"

At this moment, Wang Shouren was also thinking quickly in his heart. He was not happy because Liu Jin resigned and could become the chief assistant of the cabinet.

For Lao Wang, it is actually enough to be an official to reach his current position, and it seems that it is not very important to be the chief assistant of the cabinet.

The thing to think about now is why Emperor Zhengde agreed to Liu Jin's resignation. This is something worth thinking about.

With Liu Jin's status and influence, coupled with his relationship with Emperor Zhengde, it is impossible to say that he agreed so easily.

"Why exactly?"

Wang Shouren was a little puzzled, and with his wisdom, he also felt that this matter was confusing.

"Liu Jin is only in his 50s, so why rush to resign?"

"Based on Liu Jin's youth and physical condition, even if he works for another 20 years, there will be no problem at all. If he resigns now, there are still decades to come. Do he just read newspapers at home?"

Zhong Fan also couldn't understand what was going on in Liu Jin's head.

The others have sharpened their heads and headed for the center of power. Even if their bodies are failing, they are still reluctant to part with the power in their hands, wishing to seize the power in their hands until the day they die.

Look at Liu Jian in the past, in his 80s, still reluctant to leave, and Yang Tinghe, in his 70s, whose health is no longer good, but still reluctant to resign and go home.

Looking at the government and the public, there are many people with gray hair and old age, all of them are reluctant to go home to take care of themselves, and they are all here, for what?
Not for the power in hand, but for greater power.

You, Liu Jin, are living in the blessings and don’t know the blessings. You have been the chief minister of the cabinet for a few years, and you are only in your 50s, and you are clamoring to resign and go home to take care of yourself. Why are you taking care of yourself?

And Emperor Zhengde, who didn't know what he was thinking, agreed to Liu Jin's resignation and went home. Is there something happened that is not known to outsiders.

"Liu Jin, resign now and go home to take care of yourselves. If you lose power, you will have a lot of troubles in the future. How can you afford to take care of yourselves leisurely?"

Yang Yun, the Duke of Australia, looked at Liu Jin, and couldn't help but think in his heart.

At this moment, all the ministers in the entire court were thinking quickly, thinking about Liu Jin's affairs, thinking about what would happen and changes in the entire court after Liu Jin left the court.

"Sell newspaper~sell newspaper~"

"The chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jin and Liu Gong, begged the emperor to resign and go home to retire, and the emperor gave him permission and a lot of rewards!"

"Sell the newspaper! Sell the newspaper!"

"Liu Jin, Liu Gong, the chief assistant of the current cabinet, resigned from office and went home to retire!"

Soon, the newspaper officially published the news of Liu Jin's resignation and going home for the elderly. All of a sudden, the whole Ming Dynasty, and even the rest of the world soon knew the news. information.

All of a sudden, everyone started discussing this matter.

"Snapped!"

"Guest officials, today I will be telling the story of Liu Jin and Liu Gong, the chief assistant of the current cabinet!"

In a teahouse, accompanied by Mr. Newspaper Reader's Xingmu slapping on the table, the whole teahouse immediately fell silent. Everyone looked at Mr. Newspaper Reader in unison, looking forward to what he told about Liu Jin's deeds .

"Grand Liu was born in a poor family, lost his father when he was young, and was brought up by his mother with hardships."

"He was very intelligent since he was a child, and he studied hard. He won the imperial examination at the age of 19 and was the number one scholar at the age of 20. He was a Hanlin at the beginning of the Imperial Academy. Japanese trouble."

"Later, he accompanied the British Duke Zhang Mao to fight in Nanyang, led an army of [-] to sweep the places in Nanyang, added a vast territory of several provinces in Nanyang to our Ming Dynasty, and conquered the countries of Nanyang, Yang Wei Nanyang!"

"In the 16th year of Hongzhi, he led the army to conquer the Jurchen tribes in Liaodong, and wiped out the Jurchen tribes in one fell swoop, solved the troubles in Liaodong, and added a large granary in Liaodong for our Ming Dynasty."

"Later, he led 20 troops westward to the Western Regions, swept away the remnants of the Tatars, overwhelmed hundreds of tribes in the Western Regions, seized Hezhong, and set up two provinces, Western Regions and Hezhong, to open up the territory for our Ming Dynasty!"

"Since the 20th year of Hongzhi, Liu Jinchu has been the servant of the household department. He has advocated tax reform, set up tax offices, and reformed our Daming taxation. This has made our Daming treasury more and more filling. Today, our Daming treasury can collect nearly 20 billion taels of tax silver a year. silver!"

"Later, Liu Jin served as Minister of the Ministry of Households, presided over all tax reforms, implemented the budget system and the fiscal and taxation system, and included taxation in the assessment of local officials. This changed the embarrassment of our financial difficulties in the past and the embarrassment of having no money to do things."

"Ascension to Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Mr. Liu advocated the reform of the administration of officials, appointing people to be virtuous, selecting talents and appointing talents, being upright and upright, with a clear style of sleeves, and being upright. A large number of honest, hard-working and talented officials were reused under Mr. Liu, and they were gradually promoted. , My officialdom in the Ming Dynasty has been cleared up, and I pay more attention to being an official, benefiting one party, doing practical things for the people, and doing good things!"

"Later, he was promoted to be an elder in the cabinet. At that time, there were two elders in the cabinet, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang. Liu Jian and Liu Gong were too old to deal with government affairs. Li Dongyang and Li Gong were in poor health and had no energy, so there were many things in the cabinet. It fell on the body of Liu Jin and Duke Liu."

"Mr. Liu is loyal and patriotic. He is dedicated to the public. He is also a son of a high-ranking man. He is talented and far-sighted. During the reign of Princess Liu, our Ming Dynasty carried out large-scale infrastructure construction, large-scale construction of railways, roads, bridges, reservoirs, promotions, ports, etc., The famous Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, Changcheng Railway, Asia-Europe Intercontinental Railway, Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Yangtze River Dredging Project and other major projects were all completed during this period.”

"Mr. Liu pays special attention to education, vigorously supports and develops education, and creates new schools. Almost all the schools of new studies are built and maintained by Mr. Liu, so that countless common people in my Ming Dynasty can also have the opportunity to go to school and acquire knowledge. Change your own destiny."

"Mr. Liu vigorously built new institutions of higher learning, cultivated talents in science and technology and technology, and promoted the progress of science and technology in our Ming Dynasty. Only then did we have the cars, trains, ships, telephones, movies, etc. that you see in your life today. "

"For the outside world, Princess Liu expanded and colonized. Mr. Liu believes that the land in the world is limited. If our Ming people have more points, our Ming people will be stronger, and other tribes will be weaker."

"The wealth of the world, the people of Ming Dynasty will be richer if they have more, and the other tribes will be poorer. The land and resources in the world are the wealth bestowed on us by the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and our people in Ming Dynasty deserve it. "

"During the reign of Princess Liu, our Ming Dynasty continued to expand externally, conquering the Japanese pirates in the east and the island countries in Nanyang in the south, destroying the Tatars and Jurchens in the north, and sweeping the hundreds of tribes in the Western Regions in the west."

"Obtain Nanyang, Liaodong, Northern Grasslands, Western Regions, and Hezhong, and then include Central Asia, Northwest, Nanyun, and Black Earth Provinces into the territory of our Ming Dynasty."

"Through maritime colonization and expansion, the vast lands of Australia and the Golden Continent were obtained. At the same time, the princes of Ming Dynasty were encouraged to establish vassal states overseas, and individuals of Ming Dynasty were encouraged to establish colonies overseas."

"With the establishment of vassal states overseas by many clan princes of my Ming Dynasty, a large number of colonies are rushing to bloom overseas. My descendants of Ming Dynasty occupy Tianzhu, East Africa, South Africa, West Africa, the Middle East and other places."

"The more than 30 years of great changes in my Ming Dynasty are exactly the 30 years of Liu Jin and Liu Gong's shining. Today, our Ming Empire is prosperous and prosperous, the country is rich and the people are strong, and the people have long forgotten hunger and cold, poverty and suffering. lived a prosperous life.”

"All of this has an inseparable relationship with Mr. Liu, and Mr. Liu's contribution cannot be described in words."

"Liu Gong is an eternal genius and a peerless capable man. He should be an eternal great man in our Chinese history!"

With Mr. Liu Jin's deeds over the past 30 years told by Mr. Liu Jin in one breath, the many tea guests present really understood Liu Jin, and understood Liu Gong, who has always been famous. Who is behind the rapid changes of the Ming Empire in the past few decades?

"Clap la la la~"

Soon, prolonged applause came from all over the teahouse.

(End of this chapter)